Katie Hopkins has been cut from her role as a Mail Online columnist - just a day after attacking Hull's Christmas decorations.

The former Apprentice contestant has been involved in heated exchanges on social media in recent days, after attacking Hull City Council’s decision to cover anti-terror bollards with Christmas wrapping and trees.

In a tweet which has since been deleted, along with the rest of her Twitter account, Ms Hopkins said: "Do not use OUR symbols of hope for THEIR hate. Deport jihadi b********."

The post was accompanied by a picture of Queen Victoria Square looking festive.

Katie Hopkins' tweet has since been deleted

She then followed it up with the same image again, this time alongside statistics for violent crime in Hull as she attempted to draw a connection between crime and multiculturalism, forcing a number of people online to offer their views.

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Discussing Katie Hopkins being dropped, a brief statement to Press Gazette by a Mail Online spokesperson said: “Katie’s contract was not renewed by mutual consent.”

Her departure comes just six months after her radio show on LBC was taken off air after she tweeted asking for a “final solution” in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing.

Katie Hopkins

In the past, The Apprentice star has caused outrage with a number of controversial statements. In an interview with The Sun in 2013, Ms Hopkins said: "Would I employ you if you were obese? No, I would not."

In a Twitter post in the same year, she also said: "Children are named according to their parents intelligence. They are a social marker, an indicator of vocab, manners, ability, respect."